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Be the Best Grandparent: Teach Yourself

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Be the Best Grandparent gives practical advice and plenty of suggestions for fun activities to do with your grandchildren, whether you are far apart and see them infrequently or if you regularly see them. It also offers support and help for grandparents with caring responsibilities or family conflicts which prevent them from contact.

Written on behalf of the UK's leading Grandparenting charity, the book shows a new grandparent how they can support the growth of their grandchild, with advice on behaviour and discipline, and guidance on how to be involved and supportive without interfering.


Be the Best Grandparent includes:

Chapter 1: Family life with a baby on the way
Chapter 2: Support during pregnancy and adoption
Chapter 3: Grandparents and the newborn
Chapter 4: Grandparents and childcare
Chapter 5: Feeding your grandchild
Chapter 6: Money matters
Chapter 7: Long-distance grandparenting
Chapter 8: Having fun with your grandchild
Chapter 9: Helping your grandchildren to learn and communicate
Chapter 10: Disability within the family
Chapter 11: In times of trouble
Chapter 12: Stepchildren in the family
Chapter 13: Maintaining visits to grandchildren
Chapter 14: Grandchildren living with grandparents
Chapter 15: Grandparents and teenagers

Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and added features:

Not got much time?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

Author insights

Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the authors' many years of experience.

Test yourself
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

Extend your knowledge
Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of building your role as a grandparent.

Things to remember
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

  • Classification : Reference
  • Pub Date : OCT 29, 2010
  • Imprint : Teach Yourself
  • Page Extent : 192
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781444103854
  • Price : INR 750
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